Donors helped the work along by offering up $20,000-worth of materials.

Rick Paulick donated the truck itself.

"Oh this is the coolest thing I've ever done in my life, by far! I've been here every week helping out too," he told us.

Hintz told FOX 11 he's thankful to have done this work.

"It's been fun! It's really been an adventure. There's some stuff on this project that I've never done before," he said.

(Jay Abitz, Automotive Instructor, Freedom High School): "I really, it says a lot of their character and their commitment to be able to do something like this and see it through to the end," Abitz added.

But for Hintz, this is only the beginning.

"I plan on going into the Marines for diesel mechanics and everything relates. So, this'll, this'll probably help out quite a bit," he explained.

The truck will be auctioned off sometime in March and the money raised will go back into the automotive club.